How Country and Safety-Net Characteristics Affect Bank Risk-Shifting

Journal of Financial Services Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-204

  Hovakimian, Armen ^a   Kane, Edward J ^c   Laeven, Luc ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deposit insurance; Financial safety net; Moral hazard; Regulation; Regulatory forbearance; Risk shifting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037827325     PISSN: 09208550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024699811875     Document Type: Article

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